Reference Sources: Best Bets
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Oxford African American Studies CenterComprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. Features more than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field, over 1,750 images, more than 300 primary sources with specially written commentaries, nearly 150 maps, 150 charts and tables, and over 6,000 biographies. The core content includes: Africana: the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience, second ed.; Encyclopedia of African American history, 1619-1895; Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present; Black women in America, second ed.; African American national biography; Dictionary of African biography; The Oxford encyclopedia of African thought.
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Literature Online Reference Suite(Use hyperlink or the "H" icon for access from Haverford; use the "B" and "S" icons to the right if trying to access to this resource from Bryn Mawr or Swarthmore.)
Additional Reference Sources
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Oxford Music OnlineCovers all topics related to music, including musical instruments, compositional forms and scientific topics. Biographical entries cover composers, performers and writers. Offers links to related sites including sound archives.
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Oxford Art OnlineIncludes full-text articles on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory through the present. Contains images and provides links to related sites.
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Literature Resource CenterProvides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry
ISBN: 031332381XPublication Date: 2005-12-01The most comprehensive reference on American poetry ever assembled, this encyclopedia includes more than 900 alphabetically arranged entries, contributed by approximately 350 scholars. Written for students and general readers, the set covers poetry from the colonial era to the present, devoting special attention to contemporary poets and their works. Multicultural in scope, the encyclopedia covers poets, genres, critics, poetic terms, and movements. Its entries range from Caribbean to Confessional Poetry, from Dada to Eco-poetics, from Gay and Lesbian Poetry to Literary Magazines, New Formalism, and more.
Web Searching
The background sources listed above will most often be your best starting points, but you can also improve your web searches—if you need to turn to Google for additional information—by employing these search tips.
News Sources
See the News Sources guide for additional (including region-specific) sources.
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New York TimesFull-text access to news articles, blog posts, videos, images, and multimedia features. Coverage from 1851-present.
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Washington PostThis is the most widely circulated newspaper published in the capital city of the United States with particular emphasis on national politics.
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Access World NewsNewspaper collections from NewsBank provide full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for nearly 8,000 newspapers around the globe. Database covers 1977-present.
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Philadelphia InquirerThe daily newspaper of record for the Philadelphia region. Online coverage 1860 to the present.